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2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Utah

9 Ranked Colleges
755 Degrees Awarded
$18,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master's in Utah

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Utah” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 75,655 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Utah, there were 2,576 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 755 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Utah” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in accounting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the accounting program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Utah

The colleges and universities below are the best for utah master’s degree accounting students.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in Utah

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Utah. BYU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Provo, Utah. It awarded 97 masters’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at BYU are $7,510, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Accounting at BYU

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s accounting degrees to 177 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our utah master’s degree accounting students list, U of U has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full U of U Accounting Report

#3

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, Utah
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Governors University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 264 diplomas to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

WGU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WGU are $7,790.

Read full report on Accounting at WGU

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Utah list. USU is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 41 masters’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

USU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Utah State University are $22,598, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Utah University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Utah. Southern Utah University is a fairly large school located in Cedar City, Utah that handed out 85 masters’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our utah master’s degree accounting students list, Southern Utah University has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Utah University are $24,548.

Full Southern Utah University Accounting Report

#6

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#4 in overall quality

Westminster College Utah came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Utah ranking. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s accounting degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Westminster College Salt Lake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Westminster College Utah are $14,669, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Accounting at Westminster College Salt Lake

#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Utah Valley University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Utah list. UVU is a large public school situated in Orem, Utah. It awarded 37 masters’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UVU are $26,657.

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#8

Dixie State University

Saint George, Utah
#9 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Dixie State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Utah list. Located in Saint George, Utah, this fairly large public school awarded 30 degrees to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our utah master’s degree accounting students list, Dixie State College has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dixie State College are $15,773, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Accounting at Dixie State College

#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Weber State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Utah list. Ogden, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s accounting degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WSU, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Weber State University are $19,022, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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